Lesson Plan:

Show children the It’s Time for Holi!Book Trailer. Ask children what they know about Holi (Festival of Colors), India, or the Asian Indian culture. Ask them to predict what they think will happen in the story.

Formative Assessments:

Collect the Signs of Springworksheet to make sure children understand the changes in the season signify when it is time for Holi.

Have children draw in the Cycles of the Moonand figure out the exact date of Holi by taking a look at the Lunar Calendar for the Month of March.

Summative Assessments:

Children will perform the Reader’s Theatre Script and will demonstrate their understanding of how Indian families celebrate Holi, the festival of colors.

Children will color a page from the It’s Time for Holi! coloring pages and write about how, why and when Indian-American families celebrate Holi. Students should describe what families do to celebrate Holi. Students will describe when families celebrate Holi by writing in the exact date of Holi. Students should explain how Holi occurs when there is a full moon. Finally, students should describe why the Folktale Krishna and Radha is important to the celebration of Holi.

Content Objectives (Knowledge):

Read the Folktale of Krishna and Radha to understand why Holi is celebrated and why it is important to the Indian culture (RL2.2, 3.2, History/Social Science 1.5.3, 3.2.1)

Understand when it is time for Holi by looking for Signs of Spring(Science Standards K-ESS2-1, 3-ESS2-2, History/Social Sciences 1.2.4)

Learn about the Cycles of the Moonto figure out the exact date of Holi (Science Standards 1-ESS1-1).

Behavioral Objectives (Skills):

Analyze how illustrations, visuals, and multimedia elements of the story contribute to the understanding of the text using the It’s Time for Holi! Book Trailer(RL K.7, 1.7, 2.7, 3.7)

Perform It’s Time for Holi! by using the Reader’s Theatre for It’s Time for Holi!and acknowledge differences in point of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice when dialoguing aloud (RL 2.6)

Write about why Holi is important to the Indian culture by summarizing the moral of the Folktale of Krishna and Radha. (RL2.2, 3.2, History/Social Science 1.5.3, 3.2.1)

Identify when it is appropriate to play Holi by looking for Signs of Spring

Draw in the Cycles of the Moon worksheet ad figure out the exact date of Holi by referencing a lunar calendar for the month of March. (Science Standards 1-ESS1-1).